Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
Thanks, I'll have a look at Arronax On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Florian Diesch wrote: > Am Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:10:23 +1000 > schrieb Kieran Grant : > > >> I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is >> something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning >> s

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Florian Diesch
Am Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:10:23 +1000 schrieb Kieran Grant : > I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is > something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning > stage for Ubuntu 13.04, but I am wondering if it's possible for > something to be done about the lack

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Rodney Dawes wrote: > On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 08:32 +1000, Kieran Grant wrote: >> Whether it is better to allow users to add icons to their Desktop (where >> they'll probably not use it) or not, is something that Canonical and the >> upstream GNOME guys can ponder. >

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Rodney Dawes
On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 08:32 +1000, Kieran Grant wrote: > Whether it is better to allow users to add icons to their Desktop (where > they'll probably not use it) or not, is something that Canonical and the > upstream GNOME guys can ponder. Something that has always worked in GNOME (though I don't k

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
Thanks, I've heard of MATE before, never tried it though, I'll have a look. Thank you everyone that has been patient enough to respond to my various emails to different threads on this mailing list. Hopefully in the future, the next time I send a suggestion, it will be a bit more useful to the who

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Ma Xiaojun
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Kieran Grant wrote: > I guess I'll just switch to another Desktop Environment for what I need, > (besides, on my netbook Unity 3D uses too many resources, only have 2GB > RAM and Some Intel SU2700 1.3Ghz processor, 'tis a cheap netbook from a > couple of years ago,

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On 06/12/12 08:15, Rodney Dawes wrote: > On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 07:10 +1000, Kieran Grant wrote: >> Hey All, >> >> I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is >> something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning stage >> for Ubuntu 13.04, but I am wondering if it

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Rodney Dawes
On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 07:10 +1000, Kieran Grant wrote: > Hey All, > > I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is > something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning stage > for Ubuntu 13.04, but I am wondering if it's possible for something to > be done about

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On 06/12/12 07:52, Colin Law wrote: > On 5 December 2012 21:10, Kieran Grant > wrote: >> Hey All, >> >> I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is >> something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning stage >> for Ubuntu 13.04, but I am wondering if it's possi

Re: Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Colin Law
On 5 December 2012 21:10, Kieran Grant wrote: > Hey All, > > I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is > something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning stage > for Ubuntu 13.04, but I am wondering if it's possible for something to > be done about the lack

Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
Hey All, I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04.1, so I don't know if this is something that was worked on in Ubuntu 12.10 or is in the planning stage for Ubuntu 13.04, but I am wondering if it's possible for something to be done about the lack of ability to right click on the desktop (or any folder in

Re: Possible inclusion of 'net-tools' into Ubuntu Core

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On 06/12/12 01:45, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Kieran Grant > wrote: >> Based on the problems that Saqlain had >> (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2012-December/014092.html) >> and I initially had with Ubuntu core and using apt-get, I am wondering >> if Ub

Re: Possible inclusion of 'net-tools' into Ubuntu Core

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On 06/12/12 01:57, Oliver Grawert wrote: > hi, > Am Mittwoch, den 05.12.2012, 22:17 +1000 schrieb Kieran Grant: >> Based on the problems that Saqlain had >> (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2012-December/014092.html) >> and I initially had with Ubuntu core and using apt-get,

Re: Possible inclusion of 'net-tools' into Ubuntu Core

2012-12-05 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Mittwoch, den 05.12.2012, 22:17 +1000 schrieb Kieran Grant: > Based on the problems that Saqlain had > (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2012-December/014092.html) > and I initially had with Ubuntu core and using apt-get, I am wondering > if Ubuntu Core should include '

Re: Annoying GNOMEism, again (was: Update on the new ibus-1.5 and gnome-settings-daemon gnome-control-center 3.6 situation)

2012-12-05 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 07:09:05PM -0600, Ma Xiaojun wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > > It's very easy for Ubuntu as a distro to change a gsettings default > > (that's what ubuntu-settings and ubuntu-gnome-default-settings do). > > Well, show_all_source won't b

Re: Possible inclusion of 'net-tools' into Ubuntu Core

2012-12-05 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Kieran Grant wrote: > > Based on the problems that Saqlain had > (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2012-December/014092.html) > and I initially had with Ubuntu core and using apt-get, I am wondering > if Ubuntu Core should include 'net-tools' (

Re: pbuilder + directly building from git

2012-12-05 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:47:53PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > Hi folks, > > is there already some way for building packages (w/ pbuilder) > directly from a git ref, w/o creating any tarballs, diffs, et ? >From git-buildpackage, use git-pbuilder command run via git-buildpackage using "builder

Re: non-free software in Ubuntu

2012-12-05 Thread Enrico Weigelt
Hi, > It's best for these packages to be self-hosted on the web-servers you > control. Of course. we already have that: http://packages.vnc.biz/openerp-ubuntu-precise/ But we'd like to feed back to the community as much as possible. > Note that OpenERP installations & paths vary widely betwee

Possible inclusion of 'net-tools' into Ubuntu Core

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
Based on the problems that Saqlain had (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2012-December/014092.html) and I initially had with Ubuntu core and using apt-get, I am wondering if Ubuntu Core should include 'net-tools' (or a minimalist version) to allow Ubuntu Core to be booted on a

Re: can't use apt-get command with ubuntu core

2012-12-05 Thread Saqlain Abbas
lol, but Thanks Kieran, now apt-get update working for me also :) On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Kieran Grant < kieran.thehacker.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/12/12 21:21, Kieran Grant wrote: > > Ok, first of all, I've added ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com to > > my CC list as I thought

Re: can't use apt-get command with ubuntu core

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On 05/12/12 21:21, Kieran Grant wrote: > Ok, first of all, I've added ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com to > my CC list as I thought how I responded to the email would have worked > (I don't see it in my local mailing list copy, I tried Ctrl+Shift+L to > 'reply to list' in thunderbird, now I am

Re: can't use apt-get command with ubuntu core

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
Ok, first of all, I've added ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com to my CC list as I thought how I responded to the email would have worked (I don't see it in my local mailing list copy, I tried Ctrl+Shift+L to 'reply to list' in thunderbird, now I am 'replying to all') It looks like you got the

Re: non-free software in Ubuntu

2012-12-05 Thread Enrico Weigelt
Hi, > As you probably already know, the AGPL version OpenERP is already in > universe, what's the difference between the free version and the > non-free > version? Are there any benefits to the user in having it there or > otherwise, why would you want it there? Just for clarification: I'm talki

Re: non-free software in Ubuntu

2012-12-05 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 5 December 2012 10:26, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > >> > Could those packages be candidates for the multiverse section ? >> >> Yes, but IANAL. Your license needs to allow distribution. > > Of course. > > We havent't decided on the exact terms yet. Our goal is: > > a) allow distros to redistribute th

Re: can't use apt-get command with ubuntu core

2012-12-05 Thread Saqlain Abbas
Well from the instruction of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core i thought sudo packages already installed and i thought i am doing something wrong, may be instruction on above link should be updated to mention this for new guys like me, that sudo packages should be installed explicitly to make it work?

Re: non-free software in Ubuntu

2012-12-05 Thread Enrico Weigelt
> > Could those packages be candidates for the multiverse section ? > > Yes, but IANAL. Your license needs to allow distribution. Of course. We havent't decided on the exact terms yet. Our goal is: a) allow distros to redistribute the binary packages AS-IS (for now just .deb's, maybe .rpm

Re: can't use apt-get command with ubuntu core

2012-12-05 Thread Kieran Grant
On 05/12/12 17:01, David Henningsson wrote: > On 12/04/2012 03:14 PM, Emmet Hikory wrote: >> Saqlain Abbas wrote: >>> I have installed Ubuntu core on VM i followed instruction from >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core >>> >>> I am able to boot and login, but if try apt-get install I get below >>> e